Upgrade suggestions for my gaming rig

makilla

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Hello, couple years ago i built a mid tier gaming rig and now its time to bring it up to current mid tier gaming rigs :).

My upgrade budget is $500 usd. Could you suggest what are the most urgent upgrades that would give me best performance in-game :).

I uploaded screenprints from CPU-Z showing my current build.

My hard drive is ancient tho 7200prm, gives windows performance score of 5.6 for data transfer.




Thank you!
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($328.99 @ Directron)
Total: $538.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-07 21:59 EST-0500

The processor should drop in and run . The graphics card will give you a huge gaming boost but still run on the power supply you have

Maybe you can get a socket 1155 quadcore cheaper second hand
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($328.99 @ Directron)
Total: $538.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-07 21:59 EST-0500

The processor should drop in and run . The graphics card will give you a huge gaming boost but still run on the power supply you have

Maybe you can get a socket 1155 quadcore cheaper second hand
 
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